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Effective Stewardship During COVID

January 28, 2021
Time: 
2 p.m. ET
Instructor(s): 
Jesica Blake
John Lawrence
Gina Depper
Cost: 
$70 members | $100 non-members
90 minutes
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Like everything else, COVID has changed the way land trusts steward their land and easements. From ensuring safety with socially distant monitoring visits to managing explosive growth in the number of people accessing trails and properties, it seems like everything is different now. If 2020 up-ended your tried and true stewardship practices join stewardship experts Jesica Blake, Coastal Land Trust, and John Lawrence, Sycamore Land Trust, as they discuss stewardship challenges brought up by COVID. As an added bonus, Indiana University researcher Gina Depper will preview the preliminary results of a study she is conducting on the impact of COVID-19 and other causes of increased visitation to park and recreation facilities.

Here’s a look at what we will cover:

  • Strategies for keeping everyone safe while still fulfilling your monitoring obligations
  • How to manage the uptick in landowner requests to exercise reserved rights
  • Tactics for managing increased public use
  • Lessons learned from COVID that will continue beyond the pandemic

Note: Remote monitoring will be covered in a separate webinar on February 4